In the morning of the first day of the first lunar month of the 7th year of Zhou Xiande (960), 8-year-old Chai Zongxun was woken up early, and was mercilessly placed at the mercy of the adults to wear heavy clothes and heavier hats. He knew that he was going to the wide and tall house again to meet those people with white beards or black beards, listen to them say something he couldn't understand at all, and then nodded slowly. He was a little used to such things now. He didn't know what was fun about this, but he had to do it. Otherwise, his dead father would be sad...

At the ceremony, Chai Zongxun, a child, was high above and sat alone on the throne of the emperor. Some people below suggested that the Xiande period still be used in the new year, and that the late emperor would be able to bless the country, the people and the country forever... He could not understand these. The things that followed were a little interesting. So many beards kowtowed to him one after another, one after another. It was really interesting...

Just as the child showed a little smile, a military emergency came from the northern frontier, burying his joy forever - Zhen, Ding and Dingzhou sent an alarm. The Khitans joined forces with the Northern Han Dynasty and suddenly attacked. They asked the court to send troops to rescue immediately.

The hall was suddenly in chaos, and all the ministers showed their true colors. They surrounded three respected prime ministers and extraordinary abilities. They discussed what to do... The 8-year-old Chai Zongxun looked at the suddenly panicked crowd below in a daze, not knowing what was wrong. He didn't know that what these people were arguing about was actually his fate...

However, we have to ask: Are the two military emergency reports sent by this town and Ding and two prefectures true or false?

It should be said that this is possible. After all, the Liao Kingdom had just suffered a great loss under Chai Rong's men, so it was reasonable to take advantage of the little emperor to come up and seek revenge. As for the Liu family of the Northern Han Dynasty, there has always been a tradition of using black tricks to kick the Yin legs while others are unprepared. Chai Rong also experienced it back then.

Look at the source of the military newspaper: the governor of Zhenzhou was Guo Chongwei. He betrayed Liu Chengyou's secret order and raised an army to support the king. Later, during the mutiny in Chanzhou, he was ordered to see Liu Yun, who was originally from Kaifeng. It can be said that he was an old person of the Zhou Dynasty. He had no connection with Zhao Kuangyin. Moreover, after the establishment of the Song Dynasty, Guo Chongwei often remembered the grace of the previous dynasty and cried in tears. Therefore, he was caught by someone and complained in front of Zhao. It can be seen that he should

He would not pretend to report military information to help Zhao Kuangyin. Dingzhou Jiedushi Sun Xingyou was a native of Mozhou and an outstanding representative of peasant generals. He had been stationed in the border for many years. During this northern expedition, he led his army alone and recovered Yizhou (Yiding 2 prefectures were the jurisdiction of the Yiwu Jiedushi of the Tang Dynasty, and he had half of his independent forces since then. There was even a rebellion in the capital during the Later Tang Dynasty). He had no contact with Zhao Kuangyin for many years, and he would not send fake military information to cooperate with Zhao Kuangyin.

But these alone still cannot make us doubt. After all, we are reading the history of the Song Dynasty, which is the dynasty that literati are most willing to whitewash the rulers, and it is also a matter related to the founding of the Song Dynasty. Naturally, some circumstance is needed.

Open the Song Dynasty history volume of Liu's family in Northern Han: In the winter of the sixth year of Xiande (959), Jun (Emperor of Northern Han) formed a Khitan to invade Zhou.

Finally, I opened the history of Liao. Yo! I was showing my strength! There was no word in the history of Liao that the Khitans were preparing to jointly invade the Central Plains with the Northern Han. Not only that, the history of Liao also recorded: In December of the 9th year of Yingli (959), two ministers, Di Lie, Hai Si and Xiao Dagan, jointly rebelled and were pacified. The Liao Kingdom wanted to worship the ancestors of heaven and earth and report their behavior against the party. It seemed that the King of Sleeping was very busy, and Ying was not in time and in the mood to invade the Central Plains.

Now, the conclusions are completely overturned. It seems that the stroke of the Liu family of the Song Dynasty, Northern Han Dynasty, was fabricated out of thin air.

However, at this time, a new problem arose: I just said that the governor of Ding2 Prefectures was a good person and did not join Zhao Kuangyin. Why did he send this fake military newspaper? After thinking about it, there was only one reason. They were deceived.

Han Lingkun, this is Zhao Kuangyin's brother and a backbone member of the Zhao family group. If he doesn't exert some effort in this drama, it's impossible to say it? Han Lingkun was left by Chai Rong to guard the newly recovered Bazhou (i.e. Yijin Pass). He defeated a team of Khitan cavalry not long ago. Is it possible that he asked some of his subordinates to wear Khitan uniforms and the other to wear Northern Han uniforms, and then took these two groups to the town not far west and Ding 2 states to make the illusion that the Northern Han and Khitan coalition forces attacked the Central Plains? This is very likely, only

The historical materials confirmed by Zhao Kuangyin have been wiped out completely after becoming emperor. Another point is also suspicious. Bazhou is one of the three passes that the Liao Kingdom must pass through when it goes south. If there is any trouble in the Liao Kingdom, then Han Lingkun should definitely know first and report it first? Why did Han Lingkun himself not report it, but tried his best to let others report it? Of course, it was because of his strong relationship with Zhao Kuangyin, which everyone in the world knew. After reporting it himself, the three prime ministers could easily suspect Zhao Dianjian. If these two loyal Zhou generals reported it, Zhao Kuangyin would be cleared away.

Therefore, the invasion of the Liao army was untenable. It was very likely that Han Lingkun was responsible for it.

So, with the unanimous approval of the three prime ministers, Commander-in-Chief Han, the little emperor, and Empress Dowager Fu, Zhao Kuangyin began to deploy his troops out of the city:

Murong Yanzhao, the deputy chief inspector of the palace, led some of the palace army as vanguards and left the city on the second day of the first day. The remaining palace army was commanded by Shi Shouxin and Wang Shenqi, assisting Han Tong in guarding the capital. Gao Huaide, the commander of the cavalry army, Zhang Lingduo, the commander of the infantry army, Zhang Guanghan, the commander of the tiger right wing, and Zhao Yanhui, the commander of the dragon right wing, led the guards and went out of the city with him in the third day of the first day of the first day!

Now, it is estimated that except for Han Tong and the young empress dowager who is ignorant of the world, anyone can see that Zhao Kuangyin is hiding evil intentions. On the surface, the guards and the front army in the palace were both guarding the city and half going on the expedition, which is very consistent with the mutual restraint of the late emperor Chai Rong. However, the guards under Han Tong were led out half of the main force (Hu Jie and Long Jie are the main force of the guards), and the remaining Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi's front army was unable to command. What can Han Tong do if there is an emergency at that time?

On the second day of the first lunar month of the 7th year of Xiande (960), Murong Yanzhao's army set out first.

Suddenly, people were panicked and rumors spread everywhere in Kaifeng City. Many people even started to move out of the city and flee. This was not because they were afraid of the Liao soldiers, but they were still far away. They were afraid of another thing, "inspection and becoming the emperor". The memories of the people in Kaifeng City were sound. They still remembered the scenes more than 9 years ago. Especially the scenes of Guo Wei's chaos soldiers entering the city and robbery are as new.

The people all reacted like this. Three prime ministers and Commander-in-Chief Han, have you noticed something abnormal? Are you all deaf and blind, and you don’t know? Maybe you know but you can only pretend not to know? Because even if you know, what can you do? When the military power was handed over to others yesterday, Fan Zhi and others started a big gamble. The color of this country was betting on Fan Zhi's bargaining chips. The only bargaining chips was based on Zhao Kuangyin, who had a little conscience, had a sense of knowing Taizu and was grateful to the late emperor.

Does Zhao Kuangyin have a conscience? It seems that Zhao Kuangyin himself couldn't figure it out, so he wanted to go back and ask his mother the classic scene of "What will happen to this outside?" appeared. Before my mother, Mrs. Du spoke, his sister, the eldest princess of Wei, who was cooking in the kitchen, suddenly became angry! Her face looked like iron, rushed out with a stick and beat Zhao Kuangyin, and at the same time scolded, "Can a real man decide whether he should decide for himself when facing a big event? Come to the house to be terrified women! What's that?" Zhao Kuangyin had no temper after being scolded and beaten, but just came out silently. This incident was recorded in the "Shao Brothers News" by Shao Bowen, a native of the Song Dynasty.

My interpretation of this little story is as follows: Zhao Kuangyin will lead his troops out of the city the next day, and he is also preparing to launch a mutiny immediately. But his family must stay in the city. So before departure, he must inform the family first, so that the family can be more clever and remember to hide. This sister may have understood in the kitchen: For your throne, you bet on us! If you fail, we will die. Even if you succeed, you may not wait for you to fight back to Bianliang, and our hostages will be killed first! So, the sister suddenly got angry, picked up the rolling pin, and drove the brother out.
Chapter completed!